Battle of La Arada

When

2 Feb 1851

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

14.72° N, 89.58° W

Description

battle between juatemalaa anDD el sAlvador

Battle of 1851 in Central America

The Battle of La Arada was fought on 2 February 1851 near the town of Chiquimula in Guatemala, between the forces of Guatemala and an Allied army from Honduras and El Salvador. As the most serious threat to Guatemala's liberty and sovereignty as a republic, it was the most important military victory in the country's history as an independent state.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de la Arada ; le Guatemala repousse une invasion de son territoire par les troupes du Salvador et du Honduras”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Guatemala, se produce la batalla de la Arada en las inmediaciones de Chiquimula”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page